Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

The center block mentioned was used on 320s until 1984. I had an 83 320 with one, but the top was 3/8" thick, while a majority of the sixties guitars were around 1/4". It is hard to say certain whether or not it is from the sixties. Rick has in a few instances used older necks or bodies that were ...

I have never opened up JLs 325, but most 58 325s and all c58s do not have bracing. C58s have a 3/8" top thickness, which is thick compared to the 3/16"-1/4" thick tops from the 60s. I have found that as soon as you try to standardize a vintage rickenbacker trait, you find an exception. So it might ...

I meant 64 for the 310-325 series bracing.

You will find that most alder ricks don't actually have bracing. My research of early ricks indicates that bracing on capris(330-375) didn't start until around 59, and small hollow bodies(310-325)until around 62. Most alder bodied capris were replaced by maple and other wood bodies around late 59 ...

The tops on rick hollow bodies got thicker (3/8" vs 1/4") sometime in the 70s.I am not sure what year this occured, but they had had bracing in addition to the thicker tops. The 330 and 360 body style guitars had x-bracing, and the 320 body style guitars had a single brace. This is one reason the ...

This how they were braced up until 84. The ones from the 70s and 80s had thicker tops(3/8" approx.)

John,
It is not really "X" bracing. It is one brace that goes diagonally across the body. Maybe it is more like "I" bracing. It starts aft of the soundhole and extends to foward of the control cavity. It can be seen in the bridge pickup route.Very cool guitar.

a 1958 384 like the one ricky nelsons guitar player had would be cool.

I am not sure of the actual difference in weight,but it is a notable difference. It is also much more resonant. I never liked the sound of the v63 due to its solid body sound characteristics. It was a quality guitar, but I prefer a more resonant sound by preference.

interested.It would appear I am a little O.C. with "ter's".

Brett,
Did you resolve your neck problem? I would be intereterested to hear what was found to be the problem.

The 1996 is listed as a v series, but it is like the c64 on the inside. I am going to order a 1996.

I recently played a 325c64 and noticed several differences both visual and tonal. I noticed a difference in weight and resonance. The 325c64 is internally constructed differently than the v-series. The inside is more hollowed out, and instead of leaving a virtually solid area beneath the brigde it ...

It might be not enough truss rod tension on the treble side to counter the string tension on one side causing a twist.This could make the treble strings higher off the fretboard then the other side.Sometimes instead of adjusting the trussrods, the owners or other involved parties will simply lower ...

I can't seem to shrink the pictures this guy e-mailed me small enough to fit it on this site.